Tuesday 4 October 2022 @ 10:00 CET

With timely debates on Russia's hybrid threats and the war it is waging on Ukraine over the week, ECR Coordinator on Foreign Affairs MEP Anna Fotyga has invited a panel of renowned Russian and Ukrainian politicians, historians and dissidents to participate in a high-level conference entitled "Not Only Putin - Russia's Deep State, Society, and Foreign Assets in the War Against Ukraine".

​Ms Fotyga will be joined by co-host MEP Kosma Złotowski, historian Yuri Felshtinsky, Russian politician llya Ponomarev – the only State Duma Member who voted against the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Oleksiy Arestovych – Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mark Feygin – Russian lawyer and politician – former MP and Vice-Mayor of Samara, and Russian scientist, political writer and analyst Andrei Piontkovsky. Participants will share their views on the prospects of dealing with Russian aggression and putting an end to its imperialism once and for all. The conference will also be streamed live in both English and Russian languages from the ECR Group’s and Anna Fotyga’s social media channels.

Panellists:

• Anna Fotyga, MEP, Poland
• Kosma Złotowski, MEP, Poland
• Yuri Felshtinsky, Historian, author of ‘Blowing up Ukraine, The Return of Russian Terror and the Threat of World War III’
• Ilyia Ponomarev, Russian politician, the only State Duma member who voted against the annexation of Crimea in 2014
• Oleksiy Arestovych, Advisor to the Head of Office of the President of Ukraine
• Mark Feygin, Russian lawyer and politician, former MP and vice-mayor of Samara
• Andrei Piontkovsky, Russian scientist, political writer and analyst